The Governess
An analysis of the various aspects of The Turn of the Screw's main character; The Governess.
- Created by: Rebekah Allanah
- Created on: 01-05-13 11:16
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- The Governess
- Past
- Born to a poor country parson
- Brought up with religion
- She was educated
- Usually only rich people and members of the church are educated
- Born to a poor country parson
- She is given no name
- Reinforces her role as a servant(and her class), by not having a name.
- Ghosts: Real or not real?
- Real
- Brought up in a highly religious background
- Christian's generally are discouraged from the belief of ghosts
- The Governess is unlikely to imagine ghosts as she believes them to be false
- Christian's generally are discouraged from the belief of ghosts
- Brought up in a highly religious background
- Not real
- No one else definitely saw the ghosts
- She went in search of ghosts
- Not usual behaviour
- She confronts the ghosts
- Not usual behaviour
- There are 3 traditional roles for women in Victorian books
- The whore, the mother and the lunatic
- The Governess has aspects of all 3 however, Mrs Grose takes the role of the mother and Miss Jessel as the whore
- Therefore leaving the role of the lunatic to the Governess
- The Governess has aspects of all 3 however, Mrs Grose takes the role of the mother and Miss Jessel as the whore
- The whore, the mother and the lunatic
- She's under a huge amount of pressure with little experience which is causing her to hallucinate order to rationalize things
- Real
- Unreliable Narrator?
- The Governess is seen as unreliable as she is very emotional
- Can't know if Governess is biased as there is no other point of view
- She's experiencing a lot of pressure which and obscure her ability to rationalize.
- Past
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